Not the blue sky day promised by the weather forecasters. We went downhill skiing to take advantage of the great snow cover on Cairngorm.
Today driving through Aviemore and through the heavy snow laden pine forest it felt more like Norway, or even the French Alps without the sunshine! On the hill the snow was great but visibility very poor in the flat light. Because of this we decided against a ski tour on the plateau to take photos and hit the pistes instead. Despite poor visibilty and skiing by feel I was pleased that not one rock was hit on the upper and middle runs - the cover must be very good indeed!
One or two die hard climbers about, braving the three hour wade into Coire an t-Sneachda. See the Cairngorm SAIS Blog for more details. It's snowing tonight and again forecast to snow more over the next few days.
Established in 1992 Talisman Mountaineering | Cairngorm Guides | Aviemore specialise in winter skills, climbing and guiding in the Cairngorms. This is a day to day OR monthly diary of what we get up to on our courses and the winter conditions in the Scottish mountains...!
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It was a beautiful clear skies day in the west!
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